Bug 1087423 (CVE-2014-2397)

Summary: CVE-2014-2397 OpenJDK: classfile parser invalid BootstrapMethods attribute length (Hotspot, 8034926)
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Stefan Cornelius <scorneli>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: dbhole, java-qa, jkurik, jvanek, omajid, pfrields, security-response-team
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Fixed In Version: icedtea 1.13.3, icedtea 2.4.7 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Stefan Cornelius 2014-04-14 10:19:21 UTC
It was discovered that the class file parser did not properly parse
class files with an invalid BootstrapMethods attribute length. An
untrusted Java application or applet could possibly use this flaw to
bypass Java sandbox restrictions.

Comment 1 Tomas Hoger 2014-04-16 06:52:02 UTC
Fixed now in Oracle Java SE 7u55 and 8u5 via Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2014.

Fixed in IcedTea6 1.13.3 and IcedTea7 2.4.7:

http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2014-April/027214.html
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2014-April/027222.html

External References:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html#AppendixJAVA

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2014-04-16 11:28:47 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2014:0407 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0407.html

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2014-04-16 11:32:31 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2014:0406 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0406.html

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2014-04-16 11:38:34 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2014:0408 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0408.html

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2014-04-17 09:31:39 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2014:0413 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0413.html

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2014-04-17 09:34:34 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2014:0412 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0412.html

Comment 7 Stefan Cornelius 2014-04-17 10:11:34 UTC
OpenJDK upstream commit:
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u/hotspot/rev/9b289963cb9a

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2014-06-10 12:14:05 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2014:0675 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0675.html

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2014-06-10 12:39:27 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2014:0685 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0685.html